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Jas Johal, M.L.A. (Richmond-Queensborough) Province of British Columbia
You might be surprised to learn that the Richmond Chamber of Commerce has been serving the community for more than 100 years, making it one of the longest-running non-profit organizations in the city today.
CONSTITUENCY OFFICE: 135-10880 No. 5 Road Richmond, BC V6W 0B3 Phone: (604) 664-0700 jas.johal.MLA@leg.bc.ca
The earliest beginnings of the chamber can be traced back to 1910, when it was established as the Richmond and Point Grey Board of Trade by a coalition of local residents and businesspeople.
John Yap, M.L.A. (Richmond-Steveston) Province of British Columbia CONSTITUENCY OFFICE: 115 - 4011 Bayview Street Richmond, BC V7E 0A4 Phone: 604-241-8452 Fax: 604-241-8493
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The main objective of the board in those days was to advocate for the dredging of the North Arm of the Fraser River in order to allow larger cargo ships to come through the channels. After more than three years of continuous efforts, the Board of Trade successfully secured a government commitment to initiate the project in 1913 — which helped open up opportunities for growth in many local industries such as the fishery and lumber trade that we still benefit from today. As Richmond grew, so did the areas of advocacy that the chamber was involved with. In 1925, the Richmond Board of Trade was formally established and from a bulletin posted in December 1932, the issue of the day at a recent meeting was a discussion of the possibility of growing sugar beets on Richmond farmland, as well as an upcoming session to advise members on how to cope with the financial downturn on hand, what we now know as the era of the Great Depression. Subsequently, by Canada’s Centennial in 1967, the name of Richmond Chamber of Commerce had been adapted. To mark the year of festivities, the Chamber organized a series of events — including the first ever Richmond Agricultural and Trade Fair to promote local produce as
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The Richmond Chamber of Commerce used to operate a oat at special civic events around the region between the 1960s and 1980s. The chamber’s bathing beauties would beckon business to Richmond. well as a Centennial Ball, which became the talk of the town. In addition, a popular chamber tradition spanning most of the 1960s to 1980s was the creation of a decorated float every summer to represent the chamber at various parades across the region.
While our areas of advocacy and practices may have changed over our century-long history, the one thing that will not is the goal of the chamber to continue supporting and advocating for local businesses on issues that matter to the most to our community.
In 1977, the chamber presented its first Businessman of the Year Award to Gerry Culver, a retired manager of the local Hudson’s Bay store. This tradition has evolved into the present Business Excellence Awards, one of the chamber’s most popular annual events, which will be celebrating its 41st installment in 2018.
We are very proud to be a part of Richmond and look forward to many more years to come. Do you have a memory of a special Richmond business or Chamber of Commerce event? Help us share your story. Get in touch at RCC@RichmondChamber.ca or 604-278-2822.
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events each year to help business people network. - There are more than 125 chambers and boards of trade in the BC Chamber’s network alone and 36,000 represented businesses. - The Richmond Chamber of Commerce is the city’s most broad-based business organization and the only officially recognized Chamber of Commerce in our city. - The Chamber is non-partisan and advocates to all levels of government on the key issues facing local businesses. - The Richmond Chamber is run by a small staff, led by president and CEO Matt Pitcairn, but directed by a volunteer board of directors and extensive roster of community volunteers. - The Richmond Chamber hosts over 60
- Small business makes up 98 per cent of all business in the province and employs more than one million people. - Small business provides nearly 54 per cent of all private-sector jobs in British Columbia, the highest rate in the country. - In 2014, approximately 382,600 small businesses were operating in the province, 81 per cent of which had fewer than five employees. - British Columbia ranks first in Canada for the number of small businesses per capita, with 82.6 businesses per 1,000 people.
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